Picot joins demonstrated on Sempervivum Motifs

Last week I wrote about the lacy JAGO for knitting.  It depends on having an edge with loops: either live stitches, Mary Thomas’ Picot cast on (picot in this case a large stable loop, not a thorn-like extension), the selvage that matches the cast on, Barbara Abbey’s faggoted selvage (they are both explained in one post), or the bind off that matches Mary Thomas’s cast on.

The Sempervivum motifs joined with the Lacy JAGO
The Sempervivum motifs joined with the Lacy JAGO

I joined the Sempervivum motifs with lacy JAGO in the photo above.   The side with the bind off is a bit thicker than the one that was just cast off, but when you hold them up to the light, they look similar.  I was interested to see if I’d like it as much all in one color, compared with the illicium blanket I’m joining up that way for my neighbor baby.

The Sempervivum motifs joined by a crochet hook
The Sempervivum motifs joined by a crochet hook

I did the second seam by joining the loops like hairpin lace as Barbara Abby wrote about.  My post shows how to do it with both a crochet hook (my favorite) or with knitting needles.  It’s similar to the Russian Grafting that Gannet has been experimenting with.  the last loop needs some thought.

I forgot about the last stitch.
I forgot about the last stitch.

If you leave a loose end where you will end your join, you can thread it through  the last stitch before you weave it in.  But I forgot about that.  Thus the safety pin.  It’s not even a coil-less one, because I’ve lost about all of my stitch markers!

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